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CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI
City Commission Steven J. Alexander
Philip K. Stoddard, Ph.D, Mayor City Manager
Walter Harris, Vice Mayor Maria M. Menendez, CMC
Bob Welsh, Commissioner City Clerk
Josh Liebman, Commissioner Thomas F. Pepe, Esq.
Gabriel Edmond, Commissioner City Attorney
CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2015, 7:00 PM
CITY HALL/COMMISSION CHAMBERS
6130 SUNSET DRIVE
SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA
THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI HAS A SIGNIFICANT GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST IN CONDUCTING EFFICIENT AND ORDERLY
COMMISSION MEETINGS. SPEAKERS PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT SECTION 2-2.1(K)(2) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDES
THAT “ANY PERSON WHO MAKES SLANDEROUS OR INTENTIONALLY RUDE, UNCIVIL OR OTHERWISE IMPERTINENT REMARKS,
AND WHO REFUSES OR FAILS TO DESIST FROM MAKING SUCH REMARKS AFTER BEING INSTRUCTED TO DO SO, OR WHO SHALL
BECOME BOISTEROUS IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER AND WHO REFUSES OR FAILS TO DESIST FROM SUCH CONDUCT AFTER
BEING INSTRUCTED TO DO SO MAY BE FORTHWITH REMOVED FROM THE PODIUM AND FROM CITY HALL FOR THE DURATION
OF THAT MEETING AT THE DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER, UNLESS OVERRULED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE
COMMISSION. NO CLAPPING, APPLAUDING, HECKLING, OR VERBAL OUTBURSTS SHALL BE PERMITTED FOR ANY REASON,
INCLUDING FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING ANY MATTER, ANY SPEAKER OR A SPEAKER’S REMARKS. NO
SIGNS OR PLACARDS SHALL BE ALLOWED TO BE DISPLAYED IN ANY MANNER OTHER THAN WHEN USED FROM THE PODIUM TO
EXPRESS AN OPINION OR DISPLAY FACTS. SIGNS TO BE USED AT THE PODIUM MUST BE BROUGHT INTO THE COMMISSION
CHAMBERS IN A MANNER SO AS NOT TO UNNECESSARILY DISPLAY THEIR CONTENT UNTIL THE SIGN IS BROUGHT TO THE
PODIUM IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE SIGN IS DISPLAYED FROM THE PODIUM IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER. PERSONS
EXITING THE COMMISSION CHAMBER SHALL DO SO QUIETLY. THE USE OF ACOUSTIC MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SUCH
AS PHONES, IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER IS NOT PERMITTED WHILE THE COMMISSIONIS IN SESSION. PHONE RINGERS AND
OTHER DEVICES THAT EMIT SOUND MUST BE SET TO SILENT MODE TO AVOID DISRUPTION OF PROCEEDINGS. INDIVIDUALS
MUST EXIT THE CHAMBER TO ANSWER INCOMING CALLS. NO CAMERA FLASH OPTIONS SHALL BE USED BY THE PUBLIC
DURING ANY PORTION OF THE MEETING EXCEPT DURING RECOGNITION AND AWARD CEREMONIES.”
A. SILENCE OR TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES
B. ADD-ON ITEM(S)
C. ROLL CALL
D. MOMENT OF SILENCE
E. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
F. LOBBYIST(S) ADDRESSING THE CITY COMMISSION TONIGHT MUST HAVE
BEEN REGISTERED WITH THE CITY CLERK
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G. PRESENTATIONS
1. Officer of the Year 2014
2. Courteous Officer of the month Nov 2014
3. Courteous Officer of the month December 2014
4. Explorer of the Year 2014
H. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a) Minutes of January 20, 2015
I. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT
J. CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORT
[City Attorney reminder: Remarks are limited to those matters that are
not quasi-judicial. Any comment on a quasi-judicial matter may be made
when the item is called and the speaker is under oath.]
K. PUBLIC REMARKS
L. COMMISSION REPORTS, DISCUSSION & REMARKS
M. CONSENT AGENDA
1. A Resolution pursuant to Ordinance No. 23-11-2096, authorizing Mr. Richard
Cahlin to use the South Miami City logo on bicycle clothing to be sold on a not
for-profit basis and to pay a portion of the net proceed to the City. 3/5
(City Manager)
2. A Resolution opposing the proposed development of pine rockland acreage near
Zoo Miami located in unincorporated Miami-Dade County. 3/5
(Mayor Stoddard)
N. RESOLUTION(S)
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O. RESOLUTION(S) PUBLIC HEARING(S)
3. A Resolution for Special Use Approval to permit a general restaurant at 5701
Sunset Drive, Shops at Sunset Place, Unit C11C, within the Specialty Retail "SR",
Hometown District Overlay "HD-OV". 4/5
(City Manager-Planning & Zoning)
4. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement
with Brandano Displays Inc., for downtown business district LED lighting. 3/5
(City Manager)
P. ORDINANCE(S) SECOND READING(S) PUBLIC HEARING(S)
Q. ORDINANCE(S) FIRST READING
5. An Ordinance amending Section 7-15.2 (g) of the Code of Ordinance of the City of
South Miami in pertinent part to provide for Commission approved change in
demolition days and hours of operation. 3/5
(City Manager)
6. An Ordinance amending Section 7-16. (g) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
South Miami in pertinent part to provide for Commission approved change in
construction days and hours of operation. 3/5
(City Manager)
7. An Ordinance amending Section 15-91 of the Code of Ordinance of the City of
South Miami is hereby amended in pertinent part to reference Sections 7-15 and
7-16 concerning construction operations in place of specific limitations on hours
of operation. 3/5
(City Manager)
R. ADJOURNMENT
PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTE 286.0105, THE CITY HEREBY ADVISES THE PUBLIC THAT IF A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL
ANY DECISION MADE BY THIS BOARD, AGENCY OR COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT ITS
MEETING OR HEARING, HE OR SHE WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS, AND THAT FOR SUCH PURPOSE, AFFECTED
PERSON MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDIGS IS MADE WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE
TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED. THIS NOTICE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE CONSENT BY
THE CITY FOR THE INTRODUCTION OR ADMISSION OR OTHERWISE INADMISSIBLE OR IRRELEVANT EVIDENCE, NOR DOES IT
AUTHORIZE CHALLENGES OR APPEALS NOT OTHERWISE ALLOWED BY LAW.
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PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION No. 246-10-13280,“ANY INVOCATION THAT MAY BE OFFERED BEFORE THE START OF REGULAR
COMMISSION BUSINESS SHALL BE THE VOLUNTARY OFFERING OF A PRIVATE CITIZEN, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
COMMISSION AND THE CITIZENS PRESENT. THE VIEWS OR BELIEFS EXPRESSED BY THE INVOCATION SPEAKER HAVE NOT
BEEN PREVIOUSLY REVIEWED OR APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION, AND THE COMMISSION DOES NOT ENDORSE THE
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OR VIEWS OF THIS, OR ANY OTHER SPEAKER.”